Night by Jessica Florence

Author:Jessica Florence [Florence, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty- One

Esme

“You look sexy.” I leaned up to kiss Dorian’s cheek in front of the nurses’ station before walking away to see my next patient, an elderly woman named Barbara.

She was a frequent ER patient. Her husband had died a few years ago and I think she came in more for comfort than anything.

“Miss Barbara, what did I tell you about picking fights with stairs? The stairs always win.” I smiled in greeting and went over to check her vitals.

Barbara was a petite woman in her early seventies, with short brown hair and green eyes. She was sweet as can be, but you didn’t want to get on her bad side. She said things like they were to whoever.

“I know it. The little dog just ran next to me, and I tripped on the last few stairs trying to avoid him. Hopefully nothing is broken. I have my last grandchild’s wedding this weekend to go to.”

I knew she had fractured something, not horribly, but she was going be out of commission for a while.

I knew I shouldn’t have done it—broken bones were easy enough to heal. But the heartbroken look on Barbara’s face did me in.

“Well, we’re going to get some X-rays to take a look, and we’ll go from there.” I placed my hand on her leg and pushed my power into her. She wouldn’t feel much of anything right now, since it said on the record she had taken something for the pain. When the X-ray came back as normal, she would only feel a bruise. Just the bone would be healed.

While I waited for radiology to do their thing, I checked on a few other patients then went back with Dorian to give Barbara the results.

She always liked to ruffle Dorian’s feathers, and I enjoyed every moment of it. A little old lady giving him a hard time, and he never really gave it back to her, which I always found surprising.

“Well, Ms. Barbara, it seems you are fine besides some bruises here and there. Just rest, ice, and try not to fall down anymore stairs.” Dorian checked her over just to be sure she was okay then wrote some things down for his notes.

“Thank you, Dorian. With that out of the way, I think you two have some explaining to do.” Dorian and I both looked at the woman with confusion on our faces.

She gave us a knowing look and shook her head.

“My eyesight may be going, but I can see what’s happening in front of me very clearly. You two are in love. I always knew it was going to happen sooner or later.” She smiled and reached over to touch my hand, giving it a little squeeze of approval.

Neither one of us said anything to deny or confirm her thoughts.

“Well, I hope to see this pretty lady on your arm in the newspaper pictures about that fancy function this weekend, Dorian. Call it a wish from an old lady. I could die any day, you know.

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